The Daily Grind: How much preparation do you do for big MMO updates?
There has never yet been an MMO expansion for a game I'm playing that has not prompted an elaborate plan to prepare from me....
WRUP: Further firsts for the Marvel Cinematic Universe edition
All right, so now Avengers: Endgame has proven that not only could this franchise survive for a decade, it can successfully reach a satisfying...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO has the most creative array of classes?
If I log into one more MMO that I'm trying to see the class selection limited to "Fighter, Mage, Thief, and Priest," I might...
Betawatch: Bless Unleashed enters beta testing on the Xbox One
If you own an Xbox One and would like Bless Online Without Quite So Much Bless Online In It, you're in luck! Bless Unleashed is testing on...
Nearly 30K people have rolled City of Heroes rogue server accounts as the game turns 15 years old
The City of Heroes community's live rogue server, Torchbearer, came online yesterday thanks to player developers and continues today with a new record: over...
Kritika Online’s last day up in the west is April 30, but TERA and Closers are offering incentives to refugees
Next week, the lights go down on Kritika Online. As announced back in March, En Masse is shuttering the game on April 30th after...
MapleStory 2 sums up Project New Leaf and promises a summer expansion
The entire overarching Project New Leaf update involved a whole lot of changes for MapleStory 2, changes aimed at almost every aspect of the game....
World of Warcraft Classic will be using up-to-date items, but not all items at once
Itemization is more of an issue than you might think of in World of Warcraft: Classic. Sure, there's a pretty clear progression of gear in...
The Crew 2 is open for a free test drive this weekend
Do you remember The Crew 2? Are you currently playing The Crew 2? Because Ubisoft would like you to do so, and to that end the...
WoW Factor: What could win back the crowd for the next World of Warcraft expansion?
So the conclusion to the Azshara raid has been mined out, and I'm just going to link it to you here. I don't want...
Star Citizen swaps Around the Verse for Inside Star Citizen as it deep dives its own Cloud City
Around the Verse is back this week for Star Citizen fans, although it's gotten a bit of an overhaul: It's now called Inside Star...
Cox Communications is rolling out a new Elite Gamer ‘fast lane’ internet connection
Who wants to pay more for your internet connection to make sure you can play games on it? Because that's what Cox Communications is...
Massively Overthinking: Is there a ‘do or die’ moment for MMOs now?
This week MOP's Eliot and I were chatting about the wild summer the MMO industry is about to have, what with a whole bunch...
Final Fantasy XI prepares for the Feast of Swords and White Mage adjustments
It's the end of an era in Japan. That's not figurative; the transition to a new emperor means that it's the end of the...
Albion Online changes land auctions and hellgate rewards with its latest patch
From this point on, you'll be going in blind to land auctions in Albion Online. The newest patch has changed the way bidding for land...
Vague Patch Notes: It’s all right for MMO studios to stop trying
Let me tell you about last year's NaNoWriMo project. If you've never taken part in National Novel Writing Month, it's a great reason to...
CCP Games withdraws all accusations against EVE Online CSM member it banned for supposed leaks
At the beginning of April, we covered the latest scandal to rock MMORPG EVE Online, as studio CCP Games rather publicly removed a member...
BlizzCon 2019 announced for the start of November
It's almost time! All right, it's nowhere near time, but it will be time when November 1st rolls around for BlizzCon. The convention dates have...
The Daily Grind: What would you be willing to transfer servers for in an MMO?
As I write this, we're knee-deep in the 24-hour maintenance for Final Fantasy XIV splitting up the North American datacenters. What will I do after...
Overwatch introduces the Workshop to build truly custom game modes
Historically, one of the best parts of Blizzard's various single-player games has been building custom maps; it worked out well for Warcraft III, clearly, and...